One Stop Saturday & Pictures en route

Shopping Open House! Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 17th, when AMS will open it's doors to local home-based businesses just in time for your holiday shopping needs. Last year's event featured vendors as varied as: Home & Garden, Bath & Body, Jewerly, Gourmet Foods, Cooking, Entertaining, Scrapbooking and Books. It promises to be a shopping filled Saturday all in one stop...come out and support AMS and local businesses.

If you or someone you know might be interested in featuring your home-based business, please contact Karin at: kgoodman@acsalska.net.



Word is that the AMS School Pictures will be arriving sometime around November 7th, please look for them in your child's file.

Blizzard into Books!

The 2007 Blizzard into Books AMS Book Fair runs *all* next week, November 5th - November 9th from 8 am - 4 pm. Mark your calendars for this exciting week of book sales-- the AMS Book Fair has been a continual success for many years and this year's selection of books will keep it going. With the holidays approaching this is the perfect time to shop! There are choices of books for all age groups. Help support AMS! For a preview of books available:

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/publish/anchoragemontessori

¿Usted habla español?

Your child might! Our AMS volunteer Mom, Karen Padgett is teaching Spanish on Wednesday mornings to some of our toddler and preschool classes. The objective is to give students a little exposure to a foreign language. Some of you might have noticed your toddler or preschooler coming home singing in Espanol, a lesson learned during Karen's sessions. If you know of anyone, particularly someone who speaks Spanish as their native language, that might be interested in teaching Spanish 10 hours a week please let our AMS Director Steve O' Brien know of their availability. If you are interested in volunteering to teach Spanish to the afternoon, kindergarten or elementary classes please notify AMS. In the meantime please send feedback or suggestions regarding the current Spanish curriculum to: Karen.Padgett@alaska.com

Do you know someone interested in...

a part time teaching position? A Morning Preschool Teacher Assistant is needed at AMS. The position is part-time and would be Monday thru Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please see Amy at the front desk for an application if interested.



Do you have a toddler, preschooler or kindergartener at AMS? Nov 8th & 9th are the Elementary Conferences (early release 12p) & there will be NO school for toddlers, preschoolers & kindergarteners.

CANS for AMS...and Maggie says Goodbye

Just a few more days to drop off your aluminum cans for the AMS fundraiser. Our AMS elementary students are collecting the cans for a fundraising project. You can (!) drop off the cans directly at the front desk... but HURRY the deadline for this recycling event is 10/31.



On an Anchorage note...Maggie the Elephant's Going Away Party is this weekend, October 27th & 28th. Maggie is moving onto greener pastures but your family can wish her farewell in person at this special event. Please see http://www.alaskazoo.org/ for more details.

Great Pumpkin Festival

This Saturday, October 27th from Noon-5:00 PM: Kids can have a treat and join the fun at the Great Pumpkin Festival, hosted by the Benton Bay Lions Club. Enjoy music, a costume contest, a parade, crafts, games, and more. Food and beverages are available for an additional fee. (907.343.6992)
Spenard Community Recreation Center
2020 W 48th Avenue, Anchorage

AMS student in local production...

One of our own upper elementary students will be performing in the local production of Ramona Quimby. Performance details appear below - the play is part of the Anchorage Theater of Youth's 2007-2008 season. Get out this weekend and support local theater and our AMS community!


Anchorage Theater of Youth
Ramona Quimby Oct 18-28

Sydney Lawrence Theater, Anchorage Center for the Performing Arts
Performances:
Thursday-Saturday 7pm
Saturday & Sunday 3pm

Tickets: $18.75 general admission, $16.25 (including all taxes) 18 and under

Gifting made easy

It may seem like it's just mid-October, but the holidays are right around the corner. Looking for creative gift ideas for your little ones or others? Amy at the front desk of AMS has copies of the new issue of For Small Hands. A Montessori minded business, For Small Hands catalog and website offers toys, crafts, dvds, etc. for the Montessori family. Don't forget to use the AMS school code upon checkout- this gives AMS credits to use toward future purchases for our school! Use School ID: 100620.

Start shopping today at: http://www.forsmallhands.com or see Amy for your personal copy of this fantastic catalog!

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